Trumpetcreeper

(Campsis radicans)

Trumpetcreeper

Characteristics
Leaves Flowers Fruit
trumpetcreeper leaf trumpetcreeper flowers trumpetcreeper fruit

Growing habits: Trailing or climbing woody deciduous perennial vine

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot in addition to woody, extensive running rhizomes

Leaf anatomy: Leaves opposite, pinnately compound, leaflet margins coarsely toothed

Reproduction: Flowers in terminal clusters, showy, red-orange, trumpet-shaped

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice